Stories from Wednesday, January 2, 2008

The Lady Cougars continue to make history. The squad, which took part in its first state playoffs last season, added more to its impressive resume' this weekend, claiming its first NEA Tournament crown. Rector climbed the mountain in dominating fashion, rolling over conference foe Bay 56-33 in Saturday's A-AA final...

Rose Zetta Rogers Sheffield, 85, of St. Charles, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Wednesday, Dec. 26, at her home. She was born March 12, 1923, in Rector to the late William and Cordie Thrasher Rogers and grew up here. She had worked in sales at a department store and was a member of the West Side General Baptist Church in St. Ann, Mo...

Lowell Mae Lindsey, 86, of Rector died Monday, Dec. 24, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Mo. Born March 7, 1921, in Ponotoc, Miss., to the late Wilson D. and Anna Bell Turner Lindsey, he was married to Margaret Rutledge on May 22, 1942...

Manson Ardell Heath, 92, of the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Mo., formerly of Rector, died Friday, Dec. 28. Born Nov. 28, 1915, in Rector to the late Manson Everett and Susan Rosie (Yancey) Heath, he was a 1935 graduate of Rector High School, a member of the Poplar Avenue Baptist Church in Memphis and had worked as a welder-pipe fitter...

During his life in Rector, successful community and business leader James W. Graves stressed the importance of hard work. Now, through a joint effort between the Graves family and the Helping Hands Foundation, future Rector students who show their willingness to work hard in an effort to succeed may be given assistance to do so through the newly-formed James W. Graves Memorial Scholarship...

For many young adults, going to college is a period of self-definition -- the early part of adulthood wherein the transitions of a life away from home first start to take place. This is even more the case for Rector's Natalie Sigsby. Sigsby is now back home from a semester of study at the University of Applied Science, or "Fachhochschule," in Aachen, Germany...

For over three quarters the Piggott Mohawks looked poised to upset the top-seeded Marmaduke Greyhounds at the NEA Tournament in Jonesboro last Wednesday. But down the stretch the Hounds posted a fourth-quarter rally and pulled out a 50-43 win to advance. With the win the Greyhounds were slated to take on the Salem Greyhounds in Thursday evening's nightcap. Salem advanced earlier in the day Wednesday with a 75-60 win over the Brookland Bearcats...

Loretta J. Wagster 65, of Piggott, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born April 7, 1942, in Cooter, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Iver and Myrtle Crow Glenn. She was united in marriage to Dallas Wagster on May 10, 1960...

Lowell Mae Lindsey, 86, of Rector died Monday, Dec. 24, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell, Mo. Born March 7, 1921, in Ponotoc, Miss., to the late Wilson D. and Anna Bell Turner Lindsey, he was married to Margaret Rutledge on May 22, 1942...

1968 With the new year comes a re-organization of the Piggott Chamber of Commerce 40 years ago this past week. The group has set dues at $48 per year, or four dollars a month, and leaders estimate annual operating expenses at around $5,000. The group also heard from Dorris Cox, of Cox Lumber Company and Planning Mill, on the family business. Cox noted that the firm paid out over $821,700 per year in salaries, but needed to make changes to stay competitive in today's market...

Piggott is joining other communities across Northeast Arkansas in an effort to show support for members of the Arkansas Army National Guard who are set to be deployed. Members of the 39th Infantry Combat Brigade (IBCT) and the 1038th Horizontal Construction Company (HCC) are scheduled to ship-out just after the first of the year and they'll be joined by several members of the 875th Engineer Battalion...